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First Love

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Unhappy with his girlfriend's (Michela Cescon) weight, a goldsmith (Vitaliano Trevisan) obsessively monitors her food consumption.

Critics Reviews

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Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times 04/28/2005
3/5
An elegantly told tale of obsession. Go to Full Review
Jami Bernard New York Daily News 04/08/2005
2.5/4
It feels like a sketch for a larger work that would go beyond the well-worn insights of diet literature. Go to Full Review
Russell Edwards Variety 04/07/2005
While engaging, pic eventually betrays itself as having a trivial attitude to its chosen subject. Go to Full Review
Rex Roberts Film Journal International 02/22/2007
As lovely to watch as it is painful to contemplate. Go to Full Review
Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion 05/21/2005
C-
Perhaps it's appropriate that a tale about the avoidance of food should be so unappetizing, but that doesn't make it any more enjoyable to watch. Go to Full Review
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone TheMovieChicks.com 05/13/2005
3/5
This is not a great date movie, unless you know your partner will let you have popcorn AND candy and not make you suffer for it later. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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nefasto r @Nefasto 08/28/2018 I wanted to like it, because I wanted to like everything from Garrone. Unfortunately this is a one trick pony, a boring pony! Plus I don't like the accents from north Italy (I am from north Italy, so I am allowed to say that). Only thing that I save: the soundtrack. See more 06/16/2014 This was a very interesting and disturbing movie. It illustrated so well emotional abuse, anorexia and so much more. See more 07/12/2010 Taip intymiai ir giliai prasidejes, pasibaige gana didele depresija bei soku. Filmas geras. Idomus. Muzika be proto grazi. Skaiciau, jog apie meile, bet drisciau abejoti. Tai labiau apie paklusnuma, baime, alki ir tik tada meile. Kazkas sake, kad tai filmas, kuri ijungia berniukas mergaitei, duoda popkornu ir tikisi atlygio. Toki apibuinima galeciau priskirti gal labiau amerikanskoms komedijoms. Primo Amore skamba gana paradoksiskai. Nes pirma meile pastarajame filme ko gero yra ir tiesiogine ta zodzio prasme paskutine. Tikrai labai patiko. Beje, tai to paties rezisieriaus, kur ir Gomora kure. Keistas nesusipratimas, nes filmai totaliai skirtingi. See more 02/13/2010 “Primo Amore” illustrates a controlling relationship that spirals into verbal abuse and finally a disastrous outcome. For anyone who questions how a person can fall into an abusive relationship, this is the film to watch. Not on Valentine’s day of course. :) See more 04/10/2009 It's like "Whats Love Got To Do With It?" except the tag should be: "You ain't gonna eat this cake!" See more 02/28/2009 "Matteo Garrone non aveva altra scelta per il titolo di questo film. Fosse stato anche solo il secondo, non si sarebbe tanto dannata." (sentita durante un dibattito con l'autore al termine della proiezione) See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Unhappy with his girlfriend's (Michela Cescon) weight, a goldsmith (Vitaliano Trevisan) obsessively monitors her food consumption.
Director
Matteo Garrone
Producer
Domenico Procacci
Screenwriter
Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Vitaliano Trevisan
Distributor
Strand Releasing
Production Co
Fandango, Medusa Film
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 30, 2004, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Aug 16, 2005
Runtime
1h 40m